UKIPT seats on offer courtesy of PokerStars

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Season Three of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) makes a very welcome return in December and PokerStars is giving away Main Event packages worth £1,550 as well as plenty of other prizes in its new UKIPT Poker League.

The UKIPT Poker League, which is only open to players from the UK and Ireland, will offer one UKIPT prize package worth £1,550 (event buy-in, accommodation and expenses), one UKIPT Main Event seat-only package worth £560, in excess of £1,700 in cash prizes as well as more than £750 worth of UKIPT satellite qualifier tickets for those who get close but don't actually win a package.

The league comprises a series of daily tournaments and is split into two divisions, the first of which features freeroll tournaments starting at 7pm UK time. The other division features £1.10 buy in events starting at 7.30pm. Points will be awarded for an in the money finish with the top 100 players in the league table at the end of the month all bagging a prize.

The next leg of season 2 of the UKIPT starts in Dublin on Thursday with the Grand Final taking place at the London's Metropole Hotel as part of the EPT London festival early next month.

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